The happy couple are using the One Direction star’s surname so their son will be known as Bear Payne.

Cheryl began dating Payne at the beginning of last year and Bear was born at the exclusive Portland Hospital in central London on March 22.

The news was confirmed online some days later, when she posted: ‘Liam and I became parents to an incredibly beautiful, healthy baby boy, weighing in at 7lbs 9oz and looking like a dream.

‘Although he doesn’t have a name he is already stealing hearts. We are all madly in love and overwhelmingly happy with our little arrival.’

Hold me close: Ahead of the confirmation, a friend said: ‘Liam and Cheryl couldn’t decide on a name for ages and kept toing and froing between options. But they both loved Bear and settled on it a few days ago